Re: For the website team - improvement to webpage

2017-03-22 Thread George DiceGeorge
On 22/03/2017 12:40, flocculant wrote: On 22/03/17 12:14, George DiceGeorge wrote: I believe that when we boot from a USB stick etc it should analyse our system and report whether we would be better off with a 64bit or 32 bit system, whether xubuntu will work ok on it, and if not advise on

Re: For the website team - improvement to webpage

2017-03-22 Thread George DiceGeorge
http://torios.top/ are working on a PAE linux. I believe that when we boot from a USB stick etc it should analyse our system and report whether we would be better off with a 64bit or 32 bit system, whether xubuntu will work ok on it, and if not advise on what other linux distro might work, and

Re: [Torios] Torios fails to install - but does in verbose mode - hurray, installed, but no browser?

2017-02-21 Thread George DiceGeorge
From: Torios <mailto:torios-bounces+jackdtrice=outlook....@lists.launchpad.net> on behalf of George DiceGeorge <mailto:dicegeo...@hotmail.com> Sent: 17 February 2017 23:28 To: torios@lists.launchpad.net<mailto:torios@lists.launchpad.net> Subject: Re: [Torios]

Re: [Torios] Torios fails to install - but does in verbose mode - hurray, installed, but no browser?

2017-02-17 Thread George DiceGeorge
broadband installed Wednesday which means i can get on with these projects...) On 17/02/2017 22:24, George DiceGeorge wrote: > I tried again in verbose mode > > and its got up to the torios desktop! > > [george] > > > On 17/02/2017 22:22, George DiceGeorge wrote: >> boo

Re: [Torios] Torios fails to install - but does in verbose mode

2017-02-17 Thread George DiceGeorge
I tried again in verbose mode and its got up to the torios desktop! [george] On 17/02/2017 22:22, George DiceGeorge wrote: > booting from > Torios-Debian.iso 714,752 KB > > It stops at: > > torios login: > Debian GNUI/Linux 8 torios tty1 > > > what should I do?

[Torios] Torios fails to install

2017-02-17 Thread George DiceGeorge
booting from Torios-Debian.iso 714,752 KB It stops at: torios login: Debian GNUI/Linux 8 torios tty1 what should I do? [george] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to

Re: [Torios] download fails - server in the bedroom

2017-01-08 Thread George DiceGeorge
someone's already said this, i should have read all the emails before posting! [g] On 08/01/2017 17:11, George DiceGeorge wrote: >> Why can we not host an ISO on torios.top? >> Is there a downside to doing that? > im not an expert but it seems to me the downside of

Re: [Torios] download fails - server in the bedroom

2017-01-08 Thread George DiceGeorge
> > Why can we not host an ISO on torios.top? > Is there a downside to doing that? im not an expert but it seems to me the downside of hosting on someone's server in their bedroom is that if torios goes viral via a mention in a news site then thousands will want to download and the server in the

[Torios] download fails

2017-01-05 Thread George DiceGeorge
from http://torios.top/download/ [Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at phillw.net.] http://phillw.net/isos/torios/ToriOS-1.0.iso [g] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net

Re: [Torios] [FINAL BITS] (1) Updating the website

2016-09-02 Thread George DiceGeorge
website suggestions: homepage: [ToriOS is a GNU/Linux Operating System built for very old computers (NON PAE) ] [ (NON PAE) ] could be a link explaining what it means and how to find out if a PC is PAE (as on About page) http://torios.top/news/ delete (2) http://torios.top/join/ delete [a l

Re: Gnome Software Center.

2016-05-20 Thread George DiceGeorge
I install xubuntu on PCs for people who are not savvy at all because of windows viruses etc and will never use the command line interface. [g] From: odm Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:47 AM To: xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: RE: Gnome Software Center. What is Xubuntu's stand on includin

Re: [Torios-dev] [Torios] ToriOS Release Schedule - edition 1.0

2016-03-20 Thread George DiceGeorge
DiceGeorge ; toriOS Mailing list ; ToriOS developers Subject: Re: [Torios] [Torios-dev] ToriOS Release Schedule - edition 1.0 Den 2016-03-16 kl. 13:48, skrev George DiceGeorge: Is it possible for the install CD/USB stick to first scan the computer and post up a message if the CPU is unsuitable with

Re: [Torios-dev] [Torios] ToriOS Release Schedule - edition 1.0

2016-03-19 Thread George DiceGeorge
Is it possible for the install CD/USB stick to first scan the computer and post up a message if the CPU is unsuitable with recommendation for what distro would work. I wish Ubuntu etc would do this for non-pae CPUs [george] someone wrote: There are hardly any non-pae computers left. The boot

Re: [Torios] [Torios-dev] ToriOS Release Schedule - edition 1.0

2016-03-19 Thread George DiceGeorge
DiceGeorge ; toriOS Mailing list ; ToriOS developers Subject: Re: [Torios] [Torios-dev] ToriOS Release Schedule - edition 1.0 Den 2016-03-16 kl. 13:48, skrev George DiceGeorge: Is it possible for the install CD/USB stick to first scan the computer and post up a message if the CPU is unsuitable with

Re: [Torios] [Torios-dev] ToriOS Release Schedule - edition 1.0

2016-03-18 Thread George DiceGeorge
Is it possible for the install CD/USB stick to first scan the computer and post up a message if the CPU is unsuitable with recommendation for what distro would work. I wish Ubuntu etc would do this for non-pae CPUs [george] someone wrote: There are hardly any non-pae computers left. The boot

Re: New Ubuntu Flavours download page

2016-02-09 Thread George DiceGeorge
Flavor or Flavour ? some pages use American spelling, some English ! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/flavours [g] -Original Message- From: Michael Hall Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 8:34 PM To: ku Subject: New Ubuntu Flavours download page

Re: [Torios] ToriOS on GitHub

2016-01-07 Thread George DiceGeorge
Samuel Klein wrote: here's the website: https://tori-os.github.io/ This can be changed to toris.top easily. Hurray! github is free and supported isnt it, much better than hosting at somewhere private or with my friends of friends in my opinion. I dont think torios NEEDS wordpress does it? jus

Re: [Torios] The History of ToriOS Websites

2016-01-04 Thread George DiceGeorge
No, this is not a temporary solution It is more permanent than your option... because under your paid for option with your friend what would happen if/when he or you die or go bankrupt? george From: Ali/amjjawad Sent: Monday, January 4, 2016 12:13 PM To: George DiceGeorge ; Nio Wiklund Cc

Re: [Torios] The History of ToriOS Websites

2016-01-04 Thread George DiceGeorge
maybe you misunderstand me, http://torios.dicenews.com/ is only set up as a temporary address until torios.net or torios.top etc are pointed there, which ould take five minutes. Its provided by http://www.hatters.org.uk/ They are not ‘professional’ in the sense that they’re not asking for money,

Re: [Torios] sudo apt-get install 2016 -y

2016-01-02 Thread George DiceGeorge
maybe you missed my email where friends of mine have donated a free wordpress website now at http://torios.dicenews.com/ but easy to point torios.top to it will make you an admin [g] From: Ali/amjjawad Sent: Friday, January 1, 2016 2:42 PM To: toriOS Mailing list Subject: [Torios] sudo apt-get

[Torios] Here is a free wordpress website for torios

2015-12-23 Thread George DiceGeorge
Here is a free wordpress website for torios http://torios.dicenews.com/ it can be moved to torios.org andor .net easily later on i hope who should have admin passwords? hosted by friends of friends at: http://www.hatters.org.uk/ [g] From: George DiceGeorge Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015

[Torios] I may be able to get a free wordpress website for torios if thats whats needed

2015-12-23 Thread George DiceGeorge
I may be able to get a free wordpress website for torios if thats whats needed [george] From: Israel Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 9:31 PM To: torios@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Torios] Please Read and Reply On 12/20/2015 12:51 AM, Ali/amjjawad wrote: NOTE: Whatever you'll read b

[ubuntu-studio-users] Will Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio remain similar?

2015-11-11 Thread George DiceGeorge
Will Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio remain similar? or are they diverging? I'm going to reinstall a few computers so must choose OS's and i dont want to waste brain cells learning lots of different desktop ways! I might have to learn TORIOS for non-PPA PCs [george] -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Creating a Windows VM Inside Ubuntu

2015-11-03 Thread George DiceGeorge
Adobe is the devil + much of the Adobe software could be replaced without loss of tools needed by professionals. An expert told me that the biggest problem is that gimp wont save as CMYK [george] -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubs

[ubuntu-uk] FW: [HLUG] Linux Beginners meeting this coming Wednesday.

2015-06-22 Thread George DiceGeorge
-Original Message- From: brightfi...@runbox.com Sent: 19 June 2015 18:19 To: "herefordshire" Cc: "herefordshire" Subject: [HLUG] Linux Beginners meeting this coming Wednesday. Hi All, Below are the details of this coming Wednesday (24th) nights 'Linux Beginners Meeting'. It is bein

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers

2015-06-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
Torios is being developed for old computers, PAE http://torios.net/more-new-features/ -Original Message- From: Gareth France Sent: Friday, 12 June, 2015 08:29 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers Dan, It's a step in the right direction, ideally though I

Re: [Torios] ToriOS Motto on the website

2015-06-08 Thread George DiceGeorge
or This computer is Free as a Bird [g] -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Torios] ToriOS Motto on the website

2015-06-08 Thread George DiceGeorge
Your computer is free as a bird I think the extra ‘as’ doesn’t add anything, but ‘a’ does improve things. Maybe the capitals aren’t needed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9DmBRR05BE "Free As A Bird" Free as a bird It's the next best thing to be Free as a bird Home, home and dry Like a homi

[Torios] Torios download page error

2015-05-25 Thread George DiceGeorge
The page http://torios.net/download/ is undated, I hope its current It says: [The permanent link to ToriOS 0.5 is here: http://phillw.net/isos/torios/ToriOS-beta.iso] but there's an error with the link. http://torios.net/download/%20http://phillw.net/isos/torios/ToriOS-beta.iso I'm downloading f

Re: [Torios] TORI OS manual

2015-04-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
https://github.com/zleap/torios-manual/blob/master/torios-12.04/torios.pdf failed twice to download the pdf in Internet Explorer /win7, but with firefox/win7 it opened the PDF for about a minute and then crashed. But when I tried a third time in Internet Explorer it did download! When I tried a

Re: [Torios] Links not highlighted bug at torios.net

2015-02-23 Thread George DiceGeorge
22/2015 09:11 AM, George DiceGeorge wrote: As Paul noticed the links in http://torios.net/tori-os-pre-beta/ are not highlighted a different colour. He seems to have coloured the link where it says [The first candidate for the final Beta is here:] by inserting a SPAN in the HTML, Ive added the U

[Torios] Live CD cant see my hard disk files

2015-02-22 Thread George DiceGeorge
Running Live from CD, web browser works (but renders strangely) File Manager / Places doesn't seem to find either hard disk or the files on them which i would need on a rescue disk [g] -Original Message- From: Israel Sent: Sunday, 22 February, 2015 16:40 To: Nio Wiklund ; torios Subjec

[Torios] Links not highlighted bug at torios.net

2015-02-22 Thread George DiceGeorge
As Paul noticed the links in http://torios.net/tori-os-pre-beta/ are not highlighted a different colour. He seems to have coloured the link where it says [The first candidate for the final Beta is here:] by inserting a SPAN in the HTML, Ive added the URL to make things clearer, but it is not highl

Re: [TEAM] ISO target size

2015-02-11 Thread George DiceGeorge
re: Historically, one of the reasons that we have shipped office applications was the consideration that not everybody can use their computer online daily – or at all. Sometimes I install xubuntu or lubuntu on old machines for beginners aged 4 to 124 who would get lost in the complexity and ch

Re: [TEAM] Default Game Change

2015-01-30 Thread George DiceGeorge
Maybe have 2 different games every 6 months. I vote for sokoban (for age 2 upwards) [george] -Original Message- From: Pasi Lallinaho Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2015 18:08 To: Xubuntu Development Discussion Subject: Re: [TEAM] Default Game Change On 2015-01-30 19:26, Elfy wrote: Followi

How different are the live version and the installed version of Xubuntu?

2015-01-29 Thread George DiceGeorge
How different are the live version and the installed version? Is there a webpage that explains this Am I right that... When its live the user cant download new software like LibreOffice? Is gparted in the live version but not the installed version? I’ve read that the safest way to do online banking

Re: Discussion: Default office applications

2015-01-28 Thread George DiceGeorge
Would you have to put all components of LibreOffice in the ISO, including the dictionaries, or could you just put the word processer part in the ISO and a link to download the rest of it? [george] How are we feeling about our default choice of Abiword and Gnumeric as the office applica

Re: Installed Games

2015-01-28 Thread George DiceGeorge
can i vote to include sokoban if its not too big as its the only game i play, ive had 3 year olds play it successfully! [george] -Original Message- From: Elizabeth K. Joseph Sent: Wednesday, 28 January, 2015 20:36 To: Xubuntu Development Discussion Subject: Re: Installed Games On Wed,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Posting conventions - was Re: Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-22 Thread George DiceGeorge
Outlook? Ah yes, I remember Hard to imagine many using a Microsoft program on an Ubuntu list though. hm hm I'm using outlook or liveor express or whatever M$ call it now on this pc with win7 cos i started with hotmail decades ago and still have many ancient emails archived in it

Re: [Torios] The HTML manual work

2015-01-18 Thread George DiceGeorge
Is it OK if i proofread and send you suggested improvements like this: = http://hugsmile.eu/file/torios/manual/node3.html [GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix] insert a possessive apostrophe [up-to-date security built-in] may not need hyphens [." "ToriOS does not require a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icons go missing ...

2015-01-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-15-04-Gets-Linux-Kernel-3-18-467083.shtml Ubuntu 15.04 (Vidid Vervet) is now under development and this is a time when new features and components are added to the distribution. The same is true for the Linux kernel, which has been updated to version 3.18. .

Re: [Torios] ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso testing

2015-01-08 Thread George DiceGeorge
Sent: Wednesday, 07 January, 2015 17:50 To: smile4e...@torios.org Cc: George DiceGeorge ; torios@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Torios] ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso testing Den 2015-01-07 18:46, Smile4ever skrev: Aan vr, 02 jan 2015 22:38:35 +0100 Nio Wiklund schreef > Den 2015-01-02 22:18

Re: [Torios] ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso testing

2015-01-02 Thread George DiceGeorge
lso have a dedicated machine ONLY for testing ToriOS, so I wipe it clean each time as well... ... On 01/02/2015 01:29 PM, George DiceGeorge wrote: Will ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso ( which i downloaded from http://torios.org/iso.html ) reformat any of my hard disk partitions if I click INSTALL from the bot

[Torios] ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso testing

2015-01-02 Thread George DiceGeorge
Will ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso ( which i downloaded from http://torios.org/iso.html ) reformat any of my hard disk partitions if I click INSTALL from the bottom of its desktop or do I get a chance to repartition ? george my notes: 19:04 2015-01-02 DOWNLOADED ISO ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso from http://tori

Re: [Torios] wallpapers

2015-01-02 Thread George DiceGeorge
I suggest that we deliver ToriOS with very light-weight wallpapers xxx maybe tone down the colour, and add the name 'torios.org' ? [g]-- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios More help : https://help.la

[Torios] New member - Introduction

2014-12-11 Thread George DiceGeorge
Hi, I joined this list yesterday after finding that Lubuntu14.04 probably wont work on all my old computers, and I want a CD that will boot as many as possible, then I can take the others to the hardware recycling centre, etc. I dont want to get involved in the technicalities of coding etc, bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-10 Thread George DiceGeorge
Barry T wrote: Several members have recommended ToriOS as a non-PAE capable spin-off from Ubuntu. I have not used it myself (yet) but it looks promising. thanks, i've posted about it at http://www.hlug.org.uk/torios/ [g] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread George DiceGeorge
Why doesnt the bootup from CD interrogate the PC and give useful advice about what to install if the version on the install CD needs a more powerful PC or more RAM etc? I defected from Xubtuntu to Lubuntu because I thought it would work on almost all old PCs, but now I'm told it needs PAE CPU a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread George DiceGeorge
: Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel. On 9 December 2014 at 17:59, George DiceGeorge wrote: If youre putting Lubuntu on one of them then put Lubuntu on all of them to make it as easy as possible for the users. Whereas I would endorse that, the snag is that Lubuntu requires a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread George DiceGeorge
If youre putting Lubuntu on one of them then put Lubuntu on all of them to make it as easy as possible for the users. [george] From: Phill Whiteside Sent: Tuesday, 09 December, 2014 16:34 To: Nio Wiklund Cc: lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com ; UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop

2014-11-03 Thread George DiceGeorge
Novatech, Portsmouth UK http://www.novatech.co.uk I bought this machine there. [george] -Original Message- From: Gareth France Sent: Monday, 03 November, 2014 12:57 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop I firmly believe part of the problem with Linux adoption is th

[ubuntu-uk] Networking help

2014-09-04 Thread George DiceGeorge
I havent done networking before, but want to share files and folders on my ubuntu14.04 machine with other computers. If I set up a network under my master user name but then someone else logs into the computer will the files be accessible from other computers? Is Samba the way to go, or is there

Re: Feedback on desktop convergence changes

2014-08-20 Thread George DiceGeorge
But as phones get more powerful wont it become more common to connect them to big screen and keyboard somehow (maybe via usb to a pc) and then control the phone software with mouse keyboard and big display? And conversely I want to control my desktop computer to play movies on a big screen via m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] "Alphabetise" != en_GB

2014-07-30 Thread George DiceGeorge
There, I shorterised it. -Paul shortened? [george] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: Confirming Membership of List

2014-07-01 Thread George DiceGeorge
Steve wrote: [ Can I unashamedly take this opportunity to promote LastPass to you? ] yes but i'm not an expert but something about storing passwords somewhere online makes me pause, i'm looking at keepass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePass or burying half of a list in the garden! [g] _

Fw: Confirming Membership of List

2014-07-01 Thread George DiceGeorge
its a serious problem if it emails your password and youve used the same password elsewhere for emails, banking etc. [g] -Original Message- From: Jim Jackson Sent: Tuesday, 01 July, 2014 14:19 To: Chris J Brady Cc: get_iplayer Subject: Re: Confirming Membership of List Yes, I've ha

[ubuntu-studio-users] automatic upgrade to 14.01 when?

2014-06-24 Thread George DiceGeorge
When will the automatic upgrade to LTS 14.04 happen? I'm still on the previous LTS on another machine. Should I wait or do it some other way? [george] -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Constant crashing

2014-05-30 Thread George DiceGeorge
as its an older machine try xubuntu? http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/ [g] -Original Message- From: Gareth France Sent: Friday, 30 May, 2014 07:07 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Constant crashing I recently installed Ubuntu on a friends computer as it was running painfully s

Re: Alt text for menu Items?

2014-05-01 Thread George DiceGeorge
Alt hovers on menus would make xubuntu more user friendly, and help when showing potential deserters from winxp, so please include this and other little friendly features in Xubuntu. And improve the help mouseovers, wiki etc. Let’s make it like what WinXP should have been like! [george] From: Jef

Re: Lubuntu Software Center is far too small

2014-04-25 Thread George DiceGeorge
, lubu...@pierregobin.fr wrote: Le 24.04.2014 22:15, George DiceGeorge a écrit : Lubuntu 14.04 Software Center is too small, mouseover says it has thousands of applications but it has less than a hundred, it doesnt even have LibreOffice or Gimp ! ??? [george] Hi Georges, I don't understand wh

Lubuntu Software Center is far too small

2014-04-24 Thread George DiceGeorge
Lubuntu 14.04 Software Center is too small, mouseover says it has thousands of applications but it has less than a hundred, it doesnt even have LibreOffice or Gimp ! ??? [george] -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu

Lubuntu guide at HLUG, US keyboard problem half solved...

2014-04-24 Thread George DiceGeorge
I've uploaded a way to reset the keyboard to UK to Hereford Linux User Group at http://www.hlug.org.uk/lubuntu-14-04-lts/ Please tell me of any mistakes and improvements, and links I could put there. is ubuntu-restricted-extras needed as well as lubuntu-restricted-extras ?? Where is the netwo

Re: Networking with Lubuntu

2014-04-24 Thread George DiceGeorge
someone on the forum wrote: [Problem Solved. User was logging in as 'Guest'.] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2211658 -Original Message- From: Ali Linx Sent: Thursday, 24 April, 2014 11:11 To: lubuntu user list Subject: Networking with Lubuntu Hi, I know Julien is not yet rea

Do standard and alternate installs give a different system and apps?

2014-04-19 Thread George DiceGeorge
Do the Alternate Install and the Standard Install both give the same system and apps after installation or are there differences after installing? http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/trusty/release/lubuntu-14.04-alternate-i386.iso http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04/release/l

Mistake? Lubuntu wiki says not LTS

2014-04-18 Thread George DiceGeorge
Mistake? Lubuntu wiki says 14.04 is not LTS but it is isnt it? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#Lubuntu_vs_Ubuntu [Lubuntu vs Ubuntu] [The differences between Lubuntu and Ubuntu are: ] [•Lubuntu 12.04 is not an LTS (5 years support), but a standard release that is supported for 18 months (if yo

Releases tomorrow when?

2014-04-16 Thread George DiceGeorge
When tomorrow will Ubuntu, Lubuntu Xubuntu, Ubuntustudio etc be released? All at once or at different times depending on last minute work? Sorry, I meant to get more involved this time but other things happened in my life. Good Luck, and get some sleep, ten hours sleep every so often is good fo

Re: Lubuntu prerelease live - No root file system is defined

2014-04-15 Thread George DiceGeorge
From the live install disk I clicked Install, then resized the last Lubuntu partition to half so that theres free space for another more uptodate Lubuntu (hoping the UK keyboard will work) But it says: [No root file system is defined Please correct this from the partitioning menu] Which i do no

Lubuntu prerelease live - gparted is disabled

2014-04-15 Thread George DiceGeorge
Lubuntu prerelease live gparted is disabled I booted off the CD and wanted to rename and resize partitions so that I can install another OS but those options are greyed out as if it wanted a master password but there's nowhere to enter any password. [george] -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubunt

Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease UK keyboard not UK

2014-04-13 Thread George DiceGeorge
quivalent of an autoexec.bat? where? The teenager wants the computer on Tuesday. [george] -Original Message- From: Nio Wiklund Sent: Saturday, 12 April, 2014 18:34 To: George DiceGeorge Cc: Leszek Lesner ; lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease UK keyboard no

Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease unmount usb hard drive

2014-04-13 Thread George DiceGeorge
I've plugged in an external usb hard drive, it shows up in File Manager at media/george but when i right click it there's no option to unmount it, nor can i find such an option in the menus. Isnt it wrong to unplug it when the disk is spinning? [george] -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-u

Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease UK keyboard not UK

2014-04-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
me [george] -Original Message- From: Nio Wiklund Sent: Saturday, 12 April, 2014 18:34 To: George DiceGeorge Cc: Leszek Lesner ; lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease UK keyboard not UK Hi George, Until you find that plugin you can use terminal windows

Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease UK keyboard not UK

2014-04-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
the keyboard from US to UK, and there seems to be no [Help] option in the menus [george] -Original Message- From: Nio Wiklund Sent: Saturday, 12 April, 2014 17:51 To: George DiceGeorge ; lubuntu user list Subject: Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease not updating Hi George, Until Trusty is

Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease not updating

2014-04-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
eorge] -Original Message- From: Nio Wiklund Sent: Saturday, 12 April, 2014 17:51 To: George DiceGeorge ; lubuntu user list Subject: Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease not updating Hi George, Until Trusty is released as 14.04 LTS you can expect problems from day to day. It is still in the develo

Re: Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease not updating

2014-04-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
I restarted it, and tried again with menu/System Tools/Software Updater and this time its installing updates... I'll install another CD from http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/current/ if it'll help. [george] -Original Message- From: dicegeo...@hotmail.com Sent: Saturday,

Lubuntu 14.04 prerelease not updating

2014-04-12 Thread George DiceGeorge
I installed Lubuntu14.04 about a week ago. Today, for the first time I connected it to the internet. Firefox works OK. But I was not prompted for any updates. Only when I go... Menu / System Tools / Software Updater does it check for updates from gb.archive.ubuntu.com. After a while it offers 15

Lubuntu 14.04 Menu / Accessories / Galculator

2014-04-06 Thread George DiceGeorge
Menu / Accessories / Galculator shouldnt that start with a C not a G ? [george]-- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

Lubuntu 14.04 Programming

2014-04-06 Thread George DiceGeorge
Menu / Accessories / File Manager Applications What’s that folder ‘Programming’ It doesnt occur in the menu as all the other icons seem to. [george] -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu

lubuntu 14.04 Guest Session error box

2014-04-06 Thread George DiceGeorge
will be fixed in time for the release date :) Thank you for testing out this Beta release! If you could also mark the bug as affecting you that would be helpful! On 04/06/2014 07:35 AM, George DiceGeorge wrote: I rebooted it, with the same CD in there, and it came up with the desktop. OK

Re: downloading lubuntu 14.04 problems

2014-04-06 Thread George DiceGeorge
I rebooted it, with the same CD in there, and it came up with the desktop. OK Maybe I hit some other key the first time? [george] From: George DiceGeorge Sent: Sunday, 06 April, 2014 13:25 To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: downloading lubuntu 14.04 problems I’ve put in the CD

Re: downloading lubuntu 14.04 problems

2014-04-06 Thread George DiceGeorge
in case :) On 04/05/2014 05:36 PM, George DiceGeorge wrote: Well, its finally downloaded, thanks if one of you kicked the server! I forgot that [Reply] doesnt go the list. thanks – will try and install it tomorrow. good night [george] From: Israel Sent: Saturday, 05 April

Re: downloading lubuntu 14.04 problems

2014-04-05 Thread George DiceGeorge
Well, its finally downloaded, thanks if one of you kicked the server! I forgot that [Reply] doesnt go the list. thanks – will try and install it tomorrow. good night [george] From: Israel Sent: Saturday, 05 April, 2014 23:31 To: George DiceGeorge ; lubuntu user list Subject: Re: downloading

downloading lubuntu 14.04 problems

2014-04-05 Thread George DiceGeorge
I'm trying to download http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/20140404/trusty-desktop-i386.iso from http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/66013/downloads to install on a couple of machines. I've been trying several days, got a very slow connection, am i doing something wr

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Minimum and recommended RAM to install Lubuntu Trusty

2014-03-27 Thread George DiceGeorge
The Lubuntu Wiki page paragraph 'System Requirements' also needs suggestions of other smaller linuxes to install on older computers, and links to a webpages about other smaller linuxes etc. Ubuntu is a belief in a universal bond of sharing that unites all of humanity. [george] PS Where is t

Re: Default apps discussion

2014-03-25 Thread George DiceGeorge
Roland, Isnt LibreOffice more compatible with M$Word than OpenOffice? Anyhow its probly too big to put on the Xubuntu Install Disk. Is there a way to put links to recommended programs on the Xubuntu installation? Or a link to a page on the Xubuntu website or wiki? There are thousands in the Softwar

StrategyDocument

2014-02-14 Thread George DiceGeorge
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/StrategyDocument SAYS [ While Xubuntu uses Xfce, it is not specifically targeted to Xfce enthusiasts or projects and software being hosted by the Xfce project or associating (officially or unofficially) with Xfce are not guaranteed for inclusion in Xubuntu. ] W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some installation pointers please

2014-02-14 Thread George DiceGeorge
Im not an expert either! but... First backup everything to an external hard disk- you can do this by dragging from windows explorer. Before trying to install dualboot run gparted, partitioning from maybe system menu on live disk. Hopefully one of the partitions is huge with lots of spare space.

Roadmap for Trusty Tahr out of date?

2014-02-14 Thread George DiceGeorge
Roadmap for Trusty Tahr out of date? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap I think it deals with things that ended in 2013 doesnt it? Unfortunately it doesn’t mention a year. Its 2 clicks from the homepage http://xubuntu.org/ click [The Community - Get Involved] then [Help create the Xubuntu R

Re: QATracker wiki?

2014-02-07 Thread George DiceGeorge
From: Elfy Sent: Friday, 07 February, 2014 21:53 To: xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: QATracker wiki? On 07/02/14 21:45, George DiceGeorge wrote: From: Elfy Sent: Friday, 07 February, 2014 21:27 To: Xubuntu Development Discussion Subject: Re: QATracker wiki? On 07

Re: QATracker wiki?

2014-02-07 Thread George DiceGeorge
From: Elfy Sent: Friday, 07 February, 2014 21:27 To: Xubuntu Development Discussion Subject: Re: QATracker wiki? On 07/02/14 21:14, George DiceGeorge wrote: I’m trying to learn how to help with Xubuntu testing, but i’m confused - at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/QATracker where it

QATracker wiki?

2014-02-07 Thread George DiceGeorge
I’m trying to learn how to help with Xubuntu testing, but i’m confused - at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/QATracker where it says [ SUMMARY SCREEN version.png The picture above shows a single product (ubuntu) with 9 "mandatory" testcases, ] shouldnt there be a picture where it says [version.pn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sibelius

2014-01-26 Thread George DiceGeorge
MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program that offers a cost-effective alternative to commercial programs such as Sibelius, Finale and Capella. http://musescore.org/en/download How compatible for swapping to and fro i dont know, but if she learns both sibelius and museSc

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Ardour 2 and 3: export starts but the progress bar is not moving, export failed

2014-01-14 Thread George DiceGeorge
Is there an ubuntustudio wiki where things like that can be put? [george] From: Washington Indacochea Delgado Sent: Tuesday, 14 January, 2014 13:06 To: UbuntuStudio Users List Subject: [ubuntu-studio-users] Ardour 2 and 3: export starts but the progress bar is not moving, export failed I made

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread George DiceGeorge
From: Norman Silverstone workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I doubt it - i think its just like a 4 times bigger desktop with only a quarter showing, if you want to log in to two different yahoo? email accounts at the

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Diversity

2013-10-07 Thread George DiceGeorge
why doesnt wordwrap work for me on this email? is it just me? [george] From: Gord Williams Sent: Monday, 07 October, 2013 01:20 To: ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-studio-users] Diversity I appreciate the diversity of the distriution even though I don't use everything. I

Re: MP4 to MP3 (Video+Audio -> Audio)

2013-08-26 Thread George DiceGeorge
Colin wrote: For most the expected behaviour when one gets an email from a list is that Reply would go back to the list. I agree, and also I'd like a prefix like [get_iplayer] in all the subject lines to make it easier to sort through my emails. [george] __

Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 12.04.3 LTS released

2013-08-24 Thread George DiceGeorge
someone wrotye: >>>if you had installed 12.04 in april of 2012 when it came out, and upgraded >>>it regularly, you would now have it automatically upgraded to 12.04.03.. BUT that is if you had selected to only do LTS upgrades, you may have had the option to upgrade to 12.10 and 13.04 if you’d cli

Re: [ubstudio] prefix

2013-07-24 Thread George DiceGeorge
re: > > I wish this group could prefix postings with something like [ubstudio] maybe [ubs] would be a better prefix as i would get more of the unique subject line in the subject column of my email reader [g] -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify setti

[ubstudio] prefix

2013-07-24 Thread George DiceGeorge
I wish this group could prefix postings with something like [ubstudio] so i can sort my emails into folders easier -as does [xubuntu-users] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users and as do all yahoo groups. [g] -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubunt

Re: brushes for Gimp

2013-05-26 Thread George DiceGeorge
From: Pete Wright wrote: xx Open Source is now leading the way in many critical areas. Giving back is harder for those of us who are not coders, but I have been doing what I could for several years; urging schools to move to Open Source; urging students to learn and use Open Source; etc. xxx

Re: Ubuntu Studio 12.04.2 LTS Testing has started!

2013-02-13 Thread George DiceGeorge
I have got to http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/243/builds/37477/testcases but cant see where to report bugs. I have booted from a live version of AMD Top Left menu / File Manager / Help FAILS The URL help:ubuntu-help/files does not point to a valid page. [g] From: George

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